> You can't legislate for human stupidity. A course in how to live > safely > would only help if taught in schools and even then I doubt if it would > succeed. > > Sue nb Nackered Navvy > Unfortunately the current health & safety climate in schools militates against this. Schools have to be so careful that it's difficult to give children any meaningful exposure to risk - recently a teacher received a reprimand from the GTC (teaching council) because she took her class down some steps onto the beach to have their picnic without doing a written risk assessment in advance. Not unreasonably most children are likely to conclude that adults fuss over nothing; casualties among young drivers, swimmers etc. are the result. 'Seaside Rescue' seem to spend quite a lot of time rescuing youths who have drifted out to sea in unsuitable boats.
Sean
